jaundice kitty

**kas** · 03-23-2002, 07:10 PM

Hello,

Does any one have any idea why my daughters cat seems to be jaundiced. He had pneumonia about 6 weeks ago and seemed to recover just fine. However, he just recently started to act sick again but when she took him to the vet, he said that he did not have pneumonia again, but he did have a fever. He gave him antibiotics and said if he wasn't any better on Monday to bring him back and they would do blood work. he did mention testing him for feline leukemia. Well today we noticed that his nose, lips, paws and eyes appear to be yellow. Any ideas?

**krazyaboutkatz** · 03-24-2002, 01:18 AM

Hi kas. Has your cat been eating normally? When my cat was very sick and stopped eating he became jaundice. The vet said that this sometimes happens in certain cats. The vet even tested my cat for liver disease but everything was normal. As soon as my cat began eating again his jaundice went away. I hope your cat feels better soon.

**kas** · 03-24-2002, 10:05 AM

kak,
thanks for the reply. No he doesn't seem to be eating or drinking. I am hoping that you are correct and that once he starts to eat again, he will be fine. He is only 2 years old and the vet is going to do bloodwork tomorrow to see if he can find out what is wrong with him this time. the last time he was sick he knew right away that he had pneumonia but this time he had no reason for him to bave a fever until he does the bloodwork. He gave him 5 days of antibiotics first to see if he improved, if not the bloodwork is set for tomorrow. i hope he is going to be ok, he is the BEST cat.

**kas** · 03-24-2002, 10:32 AM

Yes my daughter is calling the vet right now but they are not there until 4:00 this afternoon so she called the emergency clinic and may take him out there but she has a friend who has a niece who is a vet so she is calling her first. thanks, will let you know what happens.

**lailamara** · 03-24-2002, 04:38 PM

Any news yet ? Hoping for a good outcome. Kitties have such amazing re-cuperative powers.

**kas** · 03-24-2002, 04:53 PM

Well they took him to the emergency clinic and they couldn't or wouldn't make a definite diagnosis. Did bloodwork which they are going to fax to the regular vet and she has to follow up with him tomorrow. They indicated that it could be either liver disease or FIP but they (the emergency clinic) wants their normal vet to look at the results and make a diagnosis. They said to bring him home and try to get him to eat a mixture of chicken and rice. So I guess we won't know anything definate until tomorrow. we are very worried. AS I said he is only 2 years old and is the BEST cat. He will actually give her is paw and sit there while she trims his claws. Between her and I we have 4 cats and he has been with all of them so i am hoping that he first of all doesn't have anything fatal and that second of all, he doesn't have anything contagious and we won't loose all our cats. That would be heartbreaking too all of us as we love our cats to pieces.

**momoffuzzyfaces** · 03-24-2002, 05:09 PM

Gosh, kas, prayers are on the way for your kitty. I sure hope everything goes ok and they can find out what is wrong and make him all better. Please, keep us posted.

**LoudLou** · 03-24-2002, 05:25 PM

Paws, Claws & Tails crossed here. Prayers on the way. Hope your little kittie is ok. Please keep us posted.

**kas** · 03-24-2002, 05:26 PM

Thank you so much for your thoughts, support and prayers. I will keep you posted tomorrow when we have more news from the vet.

**toughCookie** · 03-24-2002, 06:17 PM

yes please let us know what the vet says. your kitty sounds like a doll, my cookie always let me do her claws too, with no problem, but my other cat muffin fights the whole time!